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Semolina crust (Hypocrea victoriensis)
Patches of lemon yellow tissue about 1-2mm thick, on dead, barkless nothofagus log.
Tiny dark spots (ostioles) from which ascospores are released.
In a tall eucalyptus dominated rain forest. DRNP
This was previously called H sulphurea, the northern hemisphere version, but recent work has proven it to be a different species.
A wood-rotting ascomycete, which might also colonize some other fungi.
Hypocrea victoriensis, previously known by the Northern Hemisphere name Hypocrea sulphurea, forms patches or cushions of lemon yellow to ochre tissue up to 0.5 mm thick, on bare dead wood which is devoid of bark, with visible little dark spots, which are the ostioles, openings from which the ascospores are released. It is a wood-rotting ascomycete, and might even colonize certain other fungi.
